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Goal.com · Jan 3, 2020

'I also have a name!' – Varane recalls snapping at Ronaldo

The Los Blancos defender stressed he wasn't being disrespectful, but rather showing character by calling out his former star teammate

Raphael Varane recounted the occasion he snapped at Cristiano Ronaldo in Real Madrid training for not calling him by his first name, though he insists he was not disrespectful to the Portugal great.

France international Varane has been at Madrid for almost nine years, having joined from Lens as a highly-rated teenager.

As such, the centre-back was a long-time team-mate of Ronaldo at the Santiago Bernabeu, before the former Manchester United forward left for Juventus in 2018.

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